Taft School - Taft Annual Yearbook (Watertown, CT)

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NEIL W. CURRIE, B.S. Mutbcmutirs, Science Attended Taft, graduating in 1941. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant in the European Theater. Graduated with a B.S. degree from Yale in 1947 where he was a member of St. Elmo fraternity. After graduating he worked for the General Electric Company. Came to Taft in 1956. JAMES WHITNEY DONNELLY, B.A. ROBERT K. POOLE, A.B. Hislory Head Football Coach Prepared for college at Taft where he was a Monitor and captain of the Foot- ball and Baseball teams. Upon graduating from Taft in 1950, he entered Yale where he again was prominent in athletics. Graduated from Yale in 1954 with an A.B. degree. Was member of St. Elmo Fraternity. Entered army in July of 1954 and served in Germany as lst Lieutenant until June of 1956. Came to Taft in 1956. Englirb Prepared for College at the Groton School, where he played Varsity hockey, Varsity baseball, and captained Varsity soccer. Was House Prefect and Business Manager of the school paper. Graduated in 1951. Attended Princeton where he played Varsity soccer and was a member of the 'Orange Key Council. Graduated Cum Laude in 1955. Served two years in the U. S. Army Signal Corps, eighteen months on active duty in Germany. Came to Taft in 1957. THEODORE S. GREEN, B.S. Mazbematirs Prepared for college at the Belmont Hill School and graduated Cum Laude. Entered Yale in 1950 where he was active on the hockey team. He graduated in 1954 with a B.S. degree. Upon graduating he entered the army in October of the same year where he was a Battery Officer, 1st Lieutenant, with the U. S. forces in Germany until September of 1956. Came to Taft in 1957. 16

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JOHN RIDLEY BERGEN, B.A., M.A. English Prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was a member of the Glee Club, Choir, and editor of one of the Exeter publications. Was elected Vice-President of the Glee Club. In addition, he played on the J.V. golf team. Graduated in 1948. Attended Yale, where he was a member of the Freshman and Appollo Glee Clubs. Sang in the Battel Chapel choir and the Bakers Dozen. Received his B.A. from Yale in 1952. Studied at Columbia University, where he received his M.A. degree in English in 1953. Came to Taft in the fall of 1955. Mathematics GEORGE WIGGLESWORTH CHASE, BA DAVID CAMERON DUNCOMBE, B.A., M.A. Prepared for college at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts where h was a Day School Monitor. Played Varsity football, hockey and was Captain of the Varsity baseball team. Was President of the school orchestra, President of the Orange Club, and graduated Cum Laude in 1949. Graduated from Harvard University in 1953 with his B.A. degree. Played Varsity hockey and baseball at Harvard, was a member of the Owl Club, and was Clazs Agent to the Permanent Class Committee. Served in Japan as a Corporal in the United States Army Signal Corps from 1953 to 1955. Came to Taft in 1955. Chaplain Prepared for college at Katonah High School, where he played Varsity football and participated in dramatics. Graduated in 1946. Was in the army from 1946 to 1948. Attended Dartmouth College, where he played football, and graduated with a B.A. degree in 1953. Did graduate work at Columbia University and Union Theological Seminary, receiving a joint degree from the two institutions in 1955. Came to Taft in the fall of 1955. MARK WINSLOW POTTER, B.A. Art Prepared for college at Taft, class of 1948. Received his B.A. degree from Yale in 1952 where he was active in many singing groups, including the Wiffenpoofs and the Glee Club. At Yale he was also a member of the Aurelian Honor Society and Berzelius. After receiving his B.A. degree, Mr. Potter was an art instructor at the Irving School. Came to Taft in the fall of 1955. 15

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DAVID LAGARDE O'MELIA, A.B. NATHANIEL BALDXVIN SMITH, B.A. Mntbematicr Prepared for college at Taft where he played football and track and captained wrestling. Was on the Papyrur, Annual, and was a Monitor. Graduated Cum Laude from Princeton, where he directed the University Summer Camp, in 1957, the year he came to Taft. French Prepared for college at the Dwight School. W'as a member of the Debating Club, wrote a literary column for the school paper, was on the yearbook staff, and was an honor student. Graduated in 1949. Went to Columbia University where he was a member of the 'Columbia Players and Le Cercle Francais. Graduated with commendations in French and English in 1954. Taught at the Litchfield School in Litchfield Conn. in 1955 and the Grove School in Madison, Conn. in 1956. Spent the summer of 1957 taking graduate courses in French at Middlebury. Came to Taft in 1957, NEALE WARREN AUSTIN, B.A Mathematics a B.A. Came to Taft in 1958. WILLIAM MORTON CURPHEY, B.A. Latin Prepared for college at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was on the intramural all-star basketball team and a member of the Varsity CYOSS-Country team. Gradu- ated in '54. Attended Yale, where he was prominent in intra-college athletics and a member of Chi-Phi fraternity. Received his B.A. from Yale in 1958 and came to Taft in the fall of '58. 17 Prepared for college at Roosevelt High School in New York Graduated m 1954 and entered Harvard where he headed intra-mural athletics. Graduated m 1958 with